StringJunky

I;m not the only one. From an Aspie: This could have portended the future: Does that inspire confidence that he has safety at the forefront of his mind?

But have you got the obligatory Hunter wellington boots and Barbour jacket in the boot?

Spot on. I don't get the same sense of dissonance with others, that I can think of, as I do with him. I'll have to try to find out how many people have been harmed on the various platforms as a result of their interactions on them. As iNow puts it, if he can't hear the cries of customers, he shouldn't be doing the job, just as I can't be expected to be an air traffic controller or hifi sound engineer; being deaf. I don't think he has the personal insight to recognize that. One of the GOP senators actually said to his face he has blood on his hands... which he evidently does have.

A few things I've read about him over the years and his presentation suggests to me he probably has less than normal insight into other peoples thinking; empathy deficit. This guy's running a social media company, so it matters.

Mark Zuckerberg is one. Look at the damage his efforts appear to be causing socially on a global scale. He controls Facebook.

Hedgehog car- the prick's are inside.

Dwarfism is a disadvantage under open-air conditions. In forests and subterranean environs it's an advantage; some Amazonian groups tend to be short.

First thing to ask is 'Is the behaviour pathological to the subject or to those around them. If not, then in the long term, it probably can be accepted as 'normal' behaviour , or at least looked into for potential recategorisation. A lot of the pathology is a result of how such people are received. The social pathology towards these people is caused by lack of acceptance, rather than anything intrinsically wrong with them. If it's not harmful it is another evolutionary arrow to put in our quiver that can ensure our continuity as a species, and indeed all species.

Hermaphrodites don't get a look in then; looking under the whole biological umbrella of organisms.

I like that: tweeting becomes Xcreting.

No one owns them. Usage trends determine the actual definitions. They don't define the words, they reflect contemporary meanings; how people use them in the aggregate. I find the concept of cultural misappropriation a bit nebulous and hypocritical, since all cultures borrow some things off each other... same with these social identity labels.

Oops. You are right. Corrected.

Ok. On lobbying: A chap with just nine shares in Tesla has just knocked Musk off his financial perch by having a judge anull his 50-odd billion pay packet. Appeals are on, of course, but I thought "That's interesting". It was ultimately financed by "no win, no fee" legal help. You have to balance that with the cost to the tax payer at research level. How much of that research is taken on by pharmaceutical companies vs not used? This article relates to research access but it mentions the total spend: Taxpayers spend $140 billion funding science each year — but can't access many of the results

One of the most common defences by Big Pharma for price gouging is that it will affect innovation. Not much of a leg to stand on, it seems to me. People on your level should be more vocal and tell them to stop misleading the public and naive politicians.

You routinely make such statements with no context or explanation. Do you get a kick out of being purposely vague? This is my thread. Please stop. Telepathy is not one of my talents. On topic: I think the true long term intent of the present administration is clear in the Defence Minister's statement in answer to the US's statement admonishing the settler's current exploitative tactics in the West Bank:

This flies over my head

If the US puts boots in Gaza, I feel another Vietnam on the horizon.

We have to watch Taylor and her secret government mission. I like a description given to these people as Not-Too-Swifties. The hard RW are becoming quite comedic in their accusations.

I wonder what the relative outcomes are between armed and unarmed homeowners being intruded?

Citizen militias are an obsolete military formation. Like taking a knife to a gun fight... as if it has to be said.

'Don't throw away the good in pursuit of perfection' comes to mind.

Show the consequences as seen by the first responders. Watching drone videos in Ukraine soon takes out the 'fun' of war and playing soldiers.

I'm not sure either. I think you have intractable problems because you are a nation of states that each have probably too much independence and autonomy to ever really align on major issues like this, and have policies that could be applied consistently across the country.

You and people like you aren't the problem. My ire is directed at those that feel the need to be armed and generally do what they like without regard to human frailty and risk. One is playing with matches next to an open bucket of petrol.